BAA`s UK airports handled 140.1 million passengers during the calendar year 2004, an increase of 6.9% on 2003…
BAA`s UK airports handled 140.1 million passengers during the calendar year 2004, an increase of 6.9% on 2003. It is the first time BAA`s 7 UK airports have handled in excess of 140 million passengers during a calendar year.
Traffic also performed strongly during the calendar month, increasing 4.6% to 10.5 million passengers in December 2004. The tragic events arising from the south Asian tsunami occurred late in the month and had a negligible impact on traffic.
Calendar year
Among individual airports strong performance was recorded for the full calendar year 2004 compared with 2003. Heathrow recorded a 6.2% increase to 67.1 million passengers, Gatwick a 5.0% increase to 31.4 million, Stansted a 11.7% increase to 20.9 million and Southampton a 25.7% increase to 1.5 million.
At BAA Scotland, Glasgow passenger numbers rose 5.5% to 8.6 million, Edinburgh added 7.0% to 8 million passengers and Aberdeen increased 5.0% to 2.6 million.
During the calendar year air traffic movements increased 3.8% to 1.21 million while cargo increased 7.7% to 1.8 million tonnes.
December traffic
Among individual airports in December 2004 compared with December 2003, Heathrow increased 2.5%, Gatwick 8.1%, Stansted 4.6% and Southampton 6.8%. In Scotland, Glasgow passenger numbers rose 7.3%, while Edinburgh increased 6.9% and Aberdeen 8.6%.
In December long haul services (excluding North Atlantic) recorded the highest gains, increasing 9.4%, followed by domestic markets which increased 6.2% and European scheduled markets which increased 5.1%. The North Atlantic market fell 1.2% and European charter markets fell 2.9%.
Air transport movements rose by 3.0% in December while cargo increased 9.0%.
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BAA Traffic Summary
December 2004 |
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| Air Transport Movements | Month change | % Year to date | Financial change | % to Dec 04 | *12 months change | % |
| Heathrow | 37,72 | 1.5 | 355,064 | 2.6 | 469,763 | 2.8 |
| Gatwick | 18,055 | 6.1 | 189,962 | 4.0 | 241,489 | 2.8 |
| Stansted | 13,678 | 0.0 | 136,316 | 3.1 | 177,395 | 3.5 |
| London | 69,453 | 2.3 | 681,342 | 3.1 | 888,647 | 2.9 |
| Southampton | 2,759 | 5.4 | 28,785 | 9.1 | 37,435 | 14.3 |
| Glasgow | 6,703 | 5.3 | 72,787 | 5.6 | 92,836 | 4.6 |
| Edinburgh | 8,526 | 2.1 | 85,546 | 6.0 | 112,549 | 6.0 |
| Aberdeen | 6,804 | 8.6 | 63,588 | 5.7 | 82,525 | 5.1 |
| Scottish | 22,033 | 5.0 | 221,921 | 5.8 | 287,91 | 5.3 |
| BAA Total | 94,245 | 3.0 | 932,048 | 3.9 | 1,213,992 | 3.8 |
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MARKET COMPARISON: December 2004
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| Market Dec 03 (in 000`s) Month | BAA Total for Dec 04 (in 000`s) Month | BAA Total for | % change |
| Domestic | 2,005 | 2,129 | 6.2 |
| Eire | 488 | 497 | 1.9 |
| European Scheduled | 3,867 | 4,063 | 5.1 |
| European Charter* | 521 | 506 | -2.9 |
| North Atlantic | 1,451 | 1,434 | -1.2 |
| Other Long Haul | 1,698 | 1,858 | 9.4 |
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